Otatara School

Otatara School is a co-educational contributing school in Invercargill, within the Southland Region, operating in the state sector, with 247 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 412. The school has been open since 1879.

With 247 students on roll, Otatara School is a medium-sized school — larger than about 54% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 412, which is well below the national average of 463. A lower Equity Index signals less socio-economic need in the school's community than the national norm. The gap of 51 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

89.4% of students identify as European, so the school has a strongly homogeneous roll. Students of Asian descent make up 6.6%.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.91 (high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.